| Description |
1 online resource (x, 325 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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OUP E-Books
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| Contents |
Illustrations; Maps; List of abbreviations; 1. The Irish context; 2. The making of a staff officer; 3. South Africa; 4. Work in the War Office; 5. At the Staff College; 6. Preparing for war; 7. Politics, the Irish question, and war; 8. With the BEF; 9. IV Corps; 10. Coalition warfare; 11. Winning the war; 12. Defending the empire; 13. Losing Ireland and saving Ulster; 14. Death and reputation; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Henry Wilson was the only British field marshal ever to die in action, killed on his own doorstep in 1922 by two IRA men (one of whom had a wooden leg). Wilson was a flamboyant, maverick Irishman, at the centre of affairs during the First World War years and after, recording everything in his wildly indiscreet diary. Using a wide range of official and private sources, this is the first modern biography of this controversial and misunderstood figure |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-310) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Wilson, Henry, 1864-1922.
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| SUBJECT |
Wilson, Henry, 1864-1922 fast |
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Wilson, Henry, 1864-1922. nli |
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Wilson, Henry Hughes. swd |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Marshals -- Great Britain -- Biography
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HISTORY -- Military -- Pictorial.
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Marshals
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Biography.
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Marshals -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History, Military -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056842
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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Great Britain -- History, Military -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic book
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Biographies
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Military history
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2005027739 |
| ISBN |
1429421266 |
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9781429421263 |
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019151330X |
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9780191513305 |
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9786610757534 |
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6610757534 |
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1280757531 |
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9781280757532 |
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